Canton Higher Education Mega Center / 廣州大學城
Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou University Town or Guangzhou University City (simplified Chinese: 广州大学城) is an area featured by universities, located in Xiaoguwei Island (simplified Chinese: 小谷围岛) in Xinzao Town (simplified Chinese: 新造镇), Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. With an area of approximately 43.3 km2 and 3.53 millions square meters of indoor space, it is capable of accommodating 350 to 400 thousand people.[1][2]
Ten local higher education institutions have campuses on the island with a total of 120,000 students. All except Guangzhou University maintain their old campuses within the city. The ten institutions are:[3]
University Chinese Est. Type
Sun Yat-sen University 中山大学 1924 National
South China University of Technology 华南理工大学 1952 National
South China Normal University 华南师范大学 1933 Provincial
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 广东外语外贸大学 1995 National
Guangdong University of Technology 广东工业大学 1952 Provincial
Guangzhou University 广州大学 2000 Provincial
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine 广州中医葯大学 1956 National
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University 广东药学院 1958 Provincial
Xinghai Conservatory of Music 星海音乐学院 1932 Provincial
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 广州美术学院 1953 Provincial
[edit] Transportation
The island can be accessed through the toll Nansha Port Expressway from the city, which links the island to Haizhu District to the north and Panyu District to the south. A temporary bridge connects the island to the southeast part of Haizhu district near the Yingzhou Ecological Park. A newly opened two-section cross-river tunnel now provides alternative free access to the island, linking it to the planned Biological Island to the north and Luntou area in Haizhu District.
Two Guangzhou Metro stations are located on the island. The Higher Education Mega Center North Station (simplified Chinese: 大学城北站) and Higher Education Mega Center South Station (simplified Chinese: 大学城南站) on Line 4 provide quick access to Guangzhou's convenient metro system.
The island is also served by a dozen of bus routes, with buses mainly running from and to the city centre of Guangzhou. Generally there are two types of bus service: Regular buses, operating similar to buses in the city, stops frequently and therefore it takes longer to ride, while commuter express buses dedicated to serve the university town utilize mainly expressways and have less stops. These express buses mostly terminate at the old campuses of respective universities on the island.
[edit] References
^ Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center
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[edit] External links
Guangzhou University City (Chinese)
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